In the dense forest, a barefoot boy wearing a black hooded robe desperately weaved between tree trunks.
"How are Rin and Kakashi doing right now?"
The boy's slightly hoarse voice rang out.
Immediately after, the white root-like substance wrapped around the boy's body actually spoke.
If Rinjin were present, he would definitely recognize that what was wrapped around the boy was Spiral White Zetsu.
Facing Obito's question, Spiral White Zetsu's hollow voice responded.
"According to my companion's information, the situation seems very dangerous right now. They mentioned something about Hidden Mist Village test subjects—I don't understand. In any case, Rin and Kakashi are surrounded by dozens of people, all skilled jōnin and ANBU."
Hearing this, Obito, rapidly moving through the forest, asked back.
"What is Minato-sensei doing?"
"Who?"
"What is the Yellow Flash doing?"
Hearing this, Spiral White Zetsu pondered for a moment before hesitating.
"Not sure. He seems to be carrying out another mission."
"Of all times..." Obito muttered through gritted teeth.
Immediately after, the youth's mind suddenly recalled the scene when he had entrusted his eye to Kakashi, making him even more anxious.
Kakashi, you promised me! You must... you must protect Rin with everything you have!
I'll be there soon! Wait for me!
Just as Obito desperately sprinted forward, Spiral White Zetsu's emotionless voice rang out again.
"Obito, it would be better if I took control during battle! My combat ability is above yours, and my massive body is now attached to your weak, scar-covered form."
Hearing this, Obito immediately refuted without hesitation.
"Madara said that the Sharingan can only display its true power when both left and right eyes are complete! Kakashi, who has the Sharingan that pairs with mine, is on the battlefield. Fighting in coordination with him, I'm definitely superior to you! Kakashi and I together... will protect Rin!!!"
Just then, light rain suddenly began falling from the sky.
Not understanding why, Obito quickly rushed to the treetops and looked into the distance.
On the other side of the small hill, massive water columns shot skyward, exploding and sending trees flying.
Seeing this, Obito immediately understood: this wasn't rain at all, but aftershocks from the battlefield. And where the water columns exploded—that was the battlefield!
Without hesitation, Obito roared: "Let's go!"
Then he charged madly toward the battlefield.
However, the next second, his eyes suddenly stung with pain as fragmented images continuously flooded his mind.
Rin's bloody lips, her confused eyes.
Desperately shaking his head to clear the images from his mind, Obito gritted his teeth and rushed toward the battlefield with all his strength.
The next second, bushes parted as the boy burst into the battlefield...
However, the scene before him left him instantly stunned.
At the center of the distant battlefield, Kakashi's white hair fluttered in the wind, his right hand extended forward with blinding lightning... extended forward...
Piercing through...
Piercing through...
Rin's chest!
In that instant, the entire battlefield fell silent as eternal night.
Obito stared blankly at the scene before him, eyes wide as saucers, his scarred face filled with helplessness and confusion.
The next second, the lightning faded. Kakashi desperately tried to embrace the girl in his arms, but his body had no strength left.
Silent rain fell.
Those eyes with only two tomoe spun rapidly.
Two tomoe... three tomoe... Mangekyō...
Blood-red scythes spun frantically...
One boy collapsed, while another let out a heart-wrenching roar like a dying young beast.
"I! Will! Never! Accept this!"
...
On a nearby treetop, Rinjin watched everything happening on the battlefield below with drooping eyes and an expressionless face, his ears filled with the boy's agonized screams pushed to their limit.
In that boy, he seemed to see himself.
The only difference was that back then, he still had the string of a kite, while this boy had severed all his strings.
With this thought, Rinjin let out a long sigh and murmured.
"The deeper the love, the deeper the wound..."
On the battlefield, the terrible slaughter continued.
The boy stood dazedly beside a mangled corpse, the Spiral White Zetsu wrapped around his body covered in thick, crimson blood.
The next second, terrifying tree trunks burst forth from the boy's thin right arm.
In an instant, the ground shook violently as countless blade-sharp branches rapidly grew from underground, directly impaling everyone on the battlefield like bloody gourds.
Watching this scene, Rinjin sighed.
"Wood Release: Hell's Chaos..."
Poor kid, Rin wouldn't actually die.
Uchiha Madara hadn't removed her eye, so the Izanagi that Rinjin had preset in her left Rinnegan would activate.
If this girl really died, he could still save her.
Based on Rinjin's previous observations, when Rin closed her eyes, her left eye clearly became a white pupil without focus.
This also indicated that this girl was in a state of suspended animation.
However, Obito clearly couldn't be saved anymore.
Originally, Rinjin thought that as long as Rin appeared before Obito again, Obito should return to the right path.
Clearly, his thinking had some flaws.
Judging by the degree of corruption in that boy at the center of the battlefield, unless Rin immediately woke up completely unharmed and then directly threw herself into his arms to marry him, this kid might possibly be saved.
Otherwise, it would be difficult to say...
With this thought, Rinjin shook his head, formed a hand seal with one hand, and left the area using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
...
In a hidden place within the Kamui dimension, Rin lay on a cold stone platform and suddenly opened her eyes.
In that instant, stabbing pain from her left eye immediately assaulted her.
Covering her unfocused left eye, Rin struggled to sit up, her face filled with confusion and despair.
She had had a very long dream.
In the dream, she had been implanted with the Three-Tails by Hidden Mist Village people, becoming the Three-Tails Jinchūriki.
At the same time, a mysterious person had left a seal at her heart.
For some reason, Rin knew the purpose of this seal and understood these Hidden Mist ninjas' plan.
Later, to prevent herself from becoming a tool of the Mizukage and a sinner of Konoha, she resolutely chose to die by Kakashi's hand.
After that...
She dreamed of Obito. Obito's eyes were bleeding as he held her, tears flowing uncontrollably...
Thinking of this, Rin suddenly felt her cheeks were wet, and the hand covering her left eye was also soaked.
"I... what exactly... happened to me? Why... why would I have such a dream?"
"That wasn't a dream!"
In the vast Kamui dimension, a familiar voice rang out.
The next second, Rinjin's head appeared over the edge of the high stone platform.
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